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Spies.
So with the dawning of our 7th Anniversary which will happen next week, we celebrated this past weekend with a trip to Little America.
But it wasn't just any trip.
I planned a whole spy surprise adventure with a spin off from North by Northwest.
Agent Kaplan (Patrick) and I (Eve) received a letter from the FBI instructing us to recover the once-again stolen microfilm. We were given a decoy agenda of testing out some homemade spa products that I made beforehand.
I was so excited that Patrick playde along. We had a blast sneaking around the hotel--looking for clues and dining at the exquisite steak house. Little America is a place near and dear to me as my family spent many days there when I was little. While my Dad would go to meetings, my Mom and sisters and I would play spy. It was always an adventure.
So this was such a wonderful way to create new spy memories in one of my very favorite hotels.
Now, on to the clues:
After debriefing, playing Spy Alley board game, and swimming in the pool, we attempted to begin solving the mystery. Throughout the course of the next few days, we received constant voice recordings in our Spy Kit vault from Julius Forbes (director of the FBI), giving us updates, itineraries, and instructions.
We found "The Source Book" the very first night we were dining. And Patrick pointed out that the picture below the title looked like a hallway. A few books down from the Source, there is a book with 2 men and a jug between them. We knew, right off the bat, that this was going to be a key piece of evidence to the solving of the mystery.
Sadly, headquarters had to be moved away from the beautiful powder room that we used when I was a girl. It was just too unfortunate that Patrick couldn't go in the ladies' room. :)
I just had to take a picture of this lovely vintage phone. There were many throughout the hotel and they always made me smile.
When we found the "hallway" that looked just like the one on the book, we knew there would be clues for us to follow.
Sure enough, there was a candle burned out on the righthand candelabra...meaning only 5 were lit.
And here, there were only 8 lights lit instead of 10.
And here too. So we decided to check floors 5, 8, and 16 for any clues.
We found a tear in the wallpaper on floor 8,
and a scratch on floor 16.
We attempted to look in the fire exit on floor 17 for any more clues. Unfortunately, we missed this little plaque on the door:
So we had just a lovely time walking down 17 flights of stairs...(I have sore calves to prove it!)
We were so blessed with an open door at the bottom. Otherwise we would have set off the alarm opening it!
After our goose chase that didn't produce a single lead we took some time to be silly,
use our anti-bug devices (perfume and cologne)
and take a few pictures...
Then I got a mysterious call from Richfield, and after going to a2zwordfinder.com to find some anagrams, I was sure of it. The "chief" had sent us a message to tell us that the "filcher" had "filched" the microfilm and hidden it in an ancient "relic.".......
...strangely similar to the "jar" we had seen in the Wasatch room the day before.
So at breakfast our last morning, we knew we were being followed.
After eating our buffet, we quickly headed upstairs to the Wasatch room.
There, we found another "Source" book and knew we were at the right place. Two men were suspiciously following us everywhere (ending up in the gift shop)
and when I went to pick up the gray vase to buy it, this little honey pot caught my eye. I had a feeling that this was it. But when we went to buy it, the man told us it wasn't for sale because it had a chip on the inside. (Trying to foil our plans to recover the microfilm, eh?) Well, we asked if we could buy it anyway and he said, "I guess I could sell it to you for $3. It's originally $30. We tried not to enthusiastically yell yes and keep our calm composure as the saleslady wrapped up our treasure in white tissue paper.
We made our escape as quickly as we could to our car (hiding behind walls, doors, and cars as we went) and then drove to Bountiful where we discarded the tissue paper and tape (which were where the real microfilm was hidden) in the wastebasket of the temple. It would be safe there until Forbes (director of the FBI) could recover it.
Here's a few more pictures from the best trip ever!!
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